Rex Omar (real name Rex Owusu Marfo ) is a Ghanaian highlife artist. He first rose to prominence in 1989 with the Aware Pa album which also included the track, Wodofo Ne Hwan? Following this, in 1992 he formed the Highlife Supergroup Nakorex together with fellow Highlife artists Nat Brew and Akosua Agyapong , the group's name being an acronym made up of the first letters of each member's name. He then pursued a solo career. He performed together with Sony Achiba . In 2004 Omar was nominated for a Kora award , and in 2005 he was nominated as Artiste of the Year in the Ghana Music Awards.
3-653: Ghana Music Rights Organization ( GHAMRO ) is a royalties collection agency within Ghana that represents the rights of music copyright holders. It was created under Section 49 of the Copyright Law, Act 690 of 2005. The agency collects royalties for all rights owners in Ghana. Before 2005, that function had been operated by the Copyright Society of Ghana . The organization has faced regular criticism about its transparency and engagement of stakeholders. As of 2018,
6-749: The new Copyright Bill in order for protections to be strengthened. He has also called for greater protections for the Ghanaian music market from foreign competition. In January 2020 he won a copyright infringement lawsuit against Joy Industries, for using a part of his song Dada Di Da to advertise Joy Dadi Bitters without his consent. The company was ordered by the High Court to pay costs of GHāµ 30,000 and damages of GHāµ 200,000 to Rex Omar. Omar has feuded with former band-mate Akosua Agyapong over alleged misappropriation of GHAMRO funds. Some his hit songs includes; This Ghanaian biographical article
9-672: The organization was led by Rex Omar . As of May 2021, Abraham Adjatey, commonly known as 'Agya Abraham', was the GHAMRO CEO . This Ghana -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Rex Omar Following the break-up of the group he eventually became the head of the Ghana Music Rights Organisation ( GHAMRO ), and in his role as an advocate for greater copyright protections for Ghanaian musicians successfully lobbied president John Agyekum Kufuor to withhold asset to
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